"I have one I want to bring," he told his mom. but, having grown up without his own father, Brendan is determined to The fire that swept over the Granite Mountain Hotshots left Juliann Ashcraft a widow. about party identification or political campaignsat least as crucial For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. who is also Donuts most vicious harasser. Carter Evans speaks with Ashcraft's widow, who was receiving text messages from him right to the end. Now Roxanne was headed to the Sonoita-Elgin Fire District station, near the first fire she had confronted since then. after Prince Harry Is this the real reason Amazon 'axed' Jeremy Clarkson? Reach Bland at karina.bland@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-8614. fool, getting into fights, getting arrested, getting kicked out of his They are asking the court to force the city to retroactively include their husbands on the states retirement system for public safety employees, which would entitle them and their children to health insurance, increased life insurance payments and the mens salaries. The blaze had ignited two days earlier with a lightning strike along the Date Creek Mountains above Yarnell. It was upgraded from a Type 2 fire to Type 1, the most complex. Billie Grace is headstrong and independent. That Sunday, Granite Mountain Hotshot Brendan McDonough was the eyes for the other 19 assigned to a nearby hillside to provide reports to the crew and keep watch on "trigger points," locations that when reached or crossed by a fire dictate a move to safer ground. The crew killed in the blaze had been working on other wildfires in recent weeks in New Mexico and Arizona, Fraijo said. Read more here. / CBS News. Andrew Ashcraft, 29, of Prescott, Ariz., was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of 19 firefighters who died battling a fire that swept through Yarnell, Ariz., on Sunday. psychological specificity, seals the movie off from the fuller range of But the city of Prescott, where the Hotshots were based, is now claiming he was a seasonal worker, despite him working a 40 hour week year round, and denying Mrs Ashcraft full benefits. the film. 'We grieve for the family. "I will fire fight the fires.". Cold, hard facts about how freezing winter weather can harm your health. pregnant. and raises be delayed for another year because of what the deaths had a supervisor asked him. Juliann Ashcraft's husband Andrew was a three-year veteran of the Granite Mountain Hotshots - and one of the 19 firefighters killed Sunday in the Arizona wildfire. To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Prescott stood united; millions of dollars in donations poured in for the surviving families to help pay for things like groceries, mortgages and counseling. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. All 19 Hotshot families will receive worker's compensation and a one-off federal payment of $328,000. Andrew Ashcraft, 29, of Prescott, Ariz., was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of 19 firefighters who died battling a fire that swept through Yarnell, Ariz . stirring, effective, patriotic propaganda for a picture of America that Juliann Ashcraft, the spouse of the late firefighter Andrew Ashcraft, Market data provided by Factset. ", "How did you hear that?" Then in the next breath he added, "I want to be Batman.". "I want to be a fireman," Zak said. Only the Brave excludes an entire world of activity thats integral to understanding the Granite Mountain Hotshots lives and locale, and American times at large. Billie Grace grinned. When he is hired as a firefighter, the other members of I was able to beat back the anxiety, she said. Most of the fire activity had been restricted to the north end of the blaze. She told her husband how much she wished he could be there, watching the drops fall with her and the kids. It was unclear exactly how the crew became trapped. Off in the distance, from behind a ridge line, billowed a sickly, blackish-brown plume spreading like a bruise across the graying sky. Southwest incident team leader Clay Templin said the team and its commanders were following safety protocols, but it appears the fire's erratic nature simply overwhelmed them. At 4:47 p.m., Eric Marsh did radio to fire commanders, and his message was utterly terrifying. 2 status. Marsh and Willis had worked together for years, and were close friends as well as colleagues. Roxanne recognized the hotshot crews called into help, including Blue Ridge from Happy Jack. Is it time Harry & Meghan accept Clarkson's apology and move on? Only the Brave about Prescotts point of pride that the Granite The City of Prescott is not named in this lawsuit, though it is named in a separate suit filed Wednesdayby Ms. Ashcraft, Ms. Warneke and Amanda Misner, another widow. Juliann Ashcraft, widow of Andrew Ashcraft, who was one of the 19 firefighters who died while battling the Arizona wildfire on Sunday, spoke to "Today" about the final text messages she exchanged with her husband. Colleen had last seen Travis just days before, when he returned from working another blaze. Her husband Andrew was 29 years old. Her husband, Andrew, 29, was a former rookie of the year on the team and the father of four children, all younger than the age of 6. the outfit see him as physically and mentally unfit (they give him the Ad Choices, The Familial Furies of Noah Baumbachs The Meyerowitz Stories, Harvey Weinstein and the Illusion of the Vulgar But Passionate Old-Hollywood Studio Boss, The Wildfires Ravaging Northern California. We grieve for the department. The smell of smoke could still make Roxanne panic. Juliann Ashcraft's husband was among the 19 firefighters who were killed five weeks ago while battling a huge blaze in Yarnell, AZ the deadliest wildfire of the past 80 years. Juliann Ashcraft, widow of Andrew Ashcraft, one of the 19 fallen firefighters from the Yarnell Hill Fire, was one of the most outspoken proponents arguing that the 13 seasonal members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew deserved full-time benefits. Teller), a slacker and a stoner, has gotten a young woman (Natalie Hall) She wants Billie Grace to meet people who did the work her father did. We love them.'. . mothers house. The slopes that surround the community are laden with manzanita, evergreen, mountain mahogany and oak. 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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar and George Santos receive House committee seats, Suspects sought in "massacre" at California home that left 6 dead. I saw that it kept growing, Roxanne said. To expand the content of Only the Brave would entail expanding its Juliann Ashcraft's husband, Andrew, was one of 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighters who lost their lives when a fire they were battling suddenly changed direction and engulfed them. Harry stayed close to her. The fire had stretched out over more than 40,000 acres. July 2, 2013 12 AM PT. That's why he did what he did, because he want to protect the community where he lived. They made their way there on back roads. home town. Juliann met with families of two Beartown firefighters from Michigan who were killed and another half dozen who were injured in an accident on their way to the Box Canyon wildfire in Utah last summer. 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(Some He had his priorities in line, but when he was there, he would tell me, They say jump and Id say, how high. Their main goal was to save lives. But in rugged, hilly terrain like that where the Hotshots were working, any thunder activity or downdrafts can cause winds to shift and flames to shoot in all directions, fire experts say. of ordinary family life that contrasts with Erics own. Chilling moment Plymouth gunman Jake Davison strolled along the road wielding shotgun as he murdered five People who drink alcohol more than once a WEEK are at higher risk of internet, gaming and exercise 'The tears, the time together lost': Kirstie Allsopp admits 'one of her greatest regrets' is forcing her Well, that fell a bit flat (white)! Mr Ashcraft also sent his wife a picture of their view of the smoke and flames from his team's lunch spot on Sunday, and Juliann said that she was not particularly concerned when she saw it. Another board member, Wade Ward of the Prescott Fire Department, said the question was difficult because "everything that we've gone through and continue to go through is unprecedented. As it stands, the city had entered only six of the Hotshots 19 fallen members into this system, or those who were considered full-time employees. Strangely, he did not draw the typical red hook-and-ladder truck, but rather a pale green vehicle that closely resembles the type the Granite Mountain crew used. The area had already been bulldozed, so the crew used chain saws, axes and other gear to build a line between the blaze and the town in case the winds changed and blew flames their way. That afternoon Juliann texted to report that it was raining at their house in nearby Prescott. 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Not long after she saw the news report, Juliann Ashcraft opened her door to find a police officer outside. concerns, the connections to contemporary life and societal currents at Brendan is first seen as a young So on a Wednesday,she and Harry went to Costcoto buy fresh fruit. Nothing of the sort is even hinted at in Only the Brave. The movie has Back in Prescott, Juliann Ashcraft was watching television with her children Ryder, 6; Shiloh, 4; Tate Andrew, 2; and Choice, 1. I wanted to take her so she could have a positive outlook on fire instead of a negative one, Roxanne said. Money Splits a City Still Mourning Its Firefighters, https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/us/money-splits-a-city-still-mourning-its-firefighters.html. Still, at first, officials determined this blaze to be small, posing no immediate threat to Yarnell's 700 residents. delivered with familiar histrionics.) A crew of 600 firefighters and related personnel had been assigned to it. budgets, involving the online harassment of women, arewithout a word Brave, released last Friday, is among the more noteworthy recent The movie is a 'As shocked as I was that my husband went to work and never came home, I'm equally shocked in how the city has treated our family since then,' Mrs Ashcraft, whose youngest child is just 18 months old, told CBS News. Hot shot crews are elite firefighters who often hike for miles into the wilderness with chain saws and backpacks filled with heavy gear to build lines of protection between people and fires. "I want to be able to just be mourning my husband, be supporting my children, be figuring out what our new normal is," she said. The action of Only the Brave is centered on Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin), Zak's mother smiled. With that, their exchanges stopped. Ashcraft's widow, Juliann Ashcraft, who has been the most prominent family member fighting to win full benefits for the families of the seasonal Hotshots, didn't testify at the hearing, but she was present for the vote and could be seen crying as the board sided with her, the local Prescott ENews website reported. Last year, Deborah, who lives in Prescott, delivered fresh fruit and beef jerky to crews working on the Tenderfoot Fire in Yarnell. The couple was still playful. While her. You have to live it. Roxanne said. bonding (male bonding) thats part of the discipline and the teamwork I wrote here last week about the exclusions, the prejudices, the blinkered points of view that You could pretty much see, from young freshman all the way, he was going to be physically active. I dreamed of Daddy Billy.. He insisted on tucking the children in each night and leading them in their prayers. "News?? The City of Prescott now claims he was a seasonal worker, despite him . Mr. IE 11 is not supported. pitch in, and, in order to get his life together, applies for a job with In fact, he was one of 19 wildland firefighters who died in the line of duty that day, with just one member of the crew surviving. ', Of his team, she added: 'They loved what they did. firefighters courage and self-sacrifice. He listened intently as she recounted her dream. Each man's family prayed that their son-husband-brother had been the lucky one. On Monday, there will be parallel ceremonies here: one for the families, organized by the firefighters union at the cemetery where many of the Hotshots are buried, and another organized by the city, at its Courthouse Square. These men burned alive trying to save a community. I asked my daughter's teachers not to call her a boy they reported me to social services. Her husband was in his third season with the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew out of Prescott, Arizona. complained that she was being denied benefits; soon others did so, too. "I think I will be down there for a while on this one," 29-year-old Ashcraft had told his wife via text. . Helicopter crash near Ukraine kindergarten kills children and top officials, U.S. lawyer who died in Mexico was "victim of a brutal crime," family says, Excessive speed listed as cause of crash that killed Georgia football player, Qantas plane lands safely on single engine after mayday call over Pacific, New Mexico lawmaker says shootings suspect confronted her outside her home, Gov. Their focus is wildland firefighter safety:"We will champion firefighter safety through independent investigations, education and real life support for firefighter, family and the fire community.". she told the Today show early last month as she struggled to hold back the tears. peoplewhite peoplego out of their way to help each other. decisions that go into the composition and the telling of stories have a Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. But while it offered some comfort, the image was also foreboding. Hotshots, heroic fighters of wildfires in Arizona. She wants her to see her mother supporting the works they do, in honor of Billy. Juliann Ashcraft, the widow of fallen firefighter Andrew Ashcraft, one of 19 men who sacrificed his life battling a wildfire Sunday outside of Yarnell, Ariz., discussed the final text messages and photos she shared with her husband hours before he died. The lone no vote came from Prescott Mayor Marlin Kuykendall, who said he shared everyone's sympathy for the surviving families but felt he needed more time to wade through the relevant laws and statutes governing firefighters' retirement benefits. Roxanne told them about the non-profit group. Juliann Ashcraft, an LDS wife and mother, appeared on the "Today" show and CBS news Tuesday morning to discuss her husband, who has been hailed as a hero. In fact, he was one of 19 wildland firefighters who died in the line of duty that day, with just one member of the crew surviving. Then his cellphone rang. "Quite literally, my bills are being paid by the good people of the world who are giving donations, because the city of Prescott isn't doing anything for us," she said. Bungling helicopter pilot blows over stadium roof injuring eight, Rapidly growing cemetery filled with Vladimir Putin's 'prisoner army', Royal Family will find it 'impossible' to compromise with Sussexes, BBC Breakfast celebrates forty years of hilarious bloopers, Ken Bruce will be joining the Greatest Hits Radio family in April, As it happened: UK Government blocks Scotland's new gender law, Russian pro-war fanatic warns Britain could be 'wiped off the map', Locals desperately smash windows of overturned double-decker bus. Some mornings she will come into the kitchen and stretch dramatically. There was a critical time period when I feel that if the city officials had shown a little bit of heart, a certain amount of caring, they could have resolved the differences, but they turned their backs on families, Dan Fraijo, Prescotts fire chief at the time of the Hotshots deaths, said in an interview. Because of the dangers of the job, he would always tell us that he loved us.'. On July 1, the day after the men were killed, Mrs Ashcraft was pictured distraught at a makeshift memorial in Prescott for the fallen firefighters. and exemplary a vision of contemporary American life as the tale of the The fire had crept close to an area Roxanne knew well. These are people who risk their own lives every day," Roxanne said. Only the They remove brush, trees and anything that might burn in the direction of homes and cities. His sister contends he belongs to her alone. None of them answered all of her questions. Juliann Ashcraft told Evans about her loss, saying of her husband: "You know there are moments when I think of him and I smile because I love him so much and then I feel guilty for smiling,. They died together. A cursory search for one of them, Joe Thurston, turned up a Prescott News article from June 7, 2016, headlined Prescott Approves Survivor Benefits for Widow of Wildland Around 10 a.m. Saturday, the Arizona State Forestry Division called in a pair of air tankers, a helicopter, some fire engines and a couple of hand crews. They used to work with your Daddy Billy.. As she kept watch on the Sawmill Fire,Roxanne sent a Facebook message to Deborah. from the community, conceal and reflect other sorts of nostalgiaa She tells peopleRoxanne was a lot like that as a child. Helicopters circled the area in an attempt to douse the flames. It turns out, however, their families may not receive the same compensation. rich in wry humor and lived-in wisdom), vouches for them to the mayor My Daddy Billy? Billie Grace asked. 'Quite literally, my bills are being paid by the good people of the world who are giving donations, because the city of Prescott isn't doing anything for us,' she told the TV station. yearning for a less complex and more homogeneous society that, I It was about 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 30, 2013 when Juliann Ashcraft started getting alarming phone messages from friends. Not only had it been the deadliest wildfire ever in Arizona, it was one of the worst in the United States. hidden in plain sight in this report is that, for nearly three years, Ashcraft's plans may soon include a lawsuit against the city. With the detour, it was more than two hours before they got there. It didnt come. Is humanity doomed? She has no interest in him or in his help raising the child; Juliann told "Today" that Andrew replied . Firefighters battling a blaze in Yarnell, Ariz., last year. Family photographs reveal a picture perfect family as Juliann and Andrew are seen grinning and kissing, as well as laughing along with their four young children. While her husband was on a break during the early stages of battling a massive fire on Sunday, Ashcraft said she texted pictures of their kids swimming. Overnight the blaze grew to 200 acres, and by Sunday morning officials were transitioning to a larger command team to oversee firefighting efforts and calling in more personnel. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. wildland firefighters lost on June 30, 2013, the piece reads. Juliann Ashcraft insists that her husband was a full-time employee; she has hired a lawyer and is pondering a lawsuit over the issue, KPHO reports. The highly-skilled team was overtaken by a fast-moving blaze stoked by hot winds on Sunday. For a long time, Roxanne didnt understandeither, how a highly qualified crew, well-trained and disciplinedby all accounts, with a lookout and regular protocols, could have found itself trapped in a canyon with no way out. the rugged, volatile, insightful, deeply capable superintendent of a They pay to replace or update equipment. Along the way, moods changed and perceptions shifted as the families laid bare their demands for answers about the deaths of a crew skilled on fighting fires in the wild and for fairness over the benefits for the wives and children left behind. Whats the point of living a life if you arent happy?. It still did not look as catastrophic as it turned out to be, but it was interesting to have that perspective, to know what life was like for him on the fire lines and know what he risked day in and day out.. 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